Should I use .find(".foo .bar") or .children(".foo").children(".bar")?

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Published on 2010-05-27T11:14:07Z Indexed on 2010/05/27 11:21 UTC
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When using jQuery for DOM traversal both of these return the same results (I believe):

$("whatever").find(".foo .bar")
$("whatever").children(".foo").children(".bar")

Which is preferable to use?

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